• Advise start-up, growing and established businesses on business law issues – corporate/commercial, tax, reorganization/succession, financing, and real estate • Structure/Negotiate numerous corporate transactions, including debt/equity financings, joint ventures/co-tenancies, asset/share sales involving arm’s length parties, and internal corporate reorganizations (i.e. estate freezes, trust planning, etc.)• Draft/Review an array of commercial contracts/agreements (including… Show more • Advise start-up, growing and established businesses on business law issues – corporate/commercial, tax, reorganization/succession, financing, and real estate • Structure/Negotiate numerous corporate transactions, including debt/equity financings, joint ventures/co-tenancies, asset/share sales involving arm’s length parties, and internal corporate reorganizations (i.e. estate freezes, trust planning, etc.)• Draft/Review an array of commercial contracts/agreements (including, without limitation, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, purchase/supply contracts, licence/royalty agreements, leases, IT contracts, employment contracts, waivers/releases, non-competition/non-solicitation/confidentiality agreements, etc.) for clients conducting business in regulated and unregulated industries• Oversee general corporate/commercial matters (including creation/settlement of corporations/partnerships/trusts) and corporate governance matters (including conduct of shareholder meetings, preparation of requisite resolutions, etc.) Show less

• Facilitated closing of numerous corporate transactions, which encapsulated drafting and reviewing legal documentation (such as prospectus materials and ancillary agreements/resolutions), corresponding with clients/counterparts, and addressing regulatory compliance matters• Drafted research memoranda that analyzed/interpreted numerous legislative provisions (corporate/tax) in support of legal opinions on discrete issues• Reviewed an array of commercial contracts/agreements for… Show more • Facilitated closing of numerous corporate transactions, which encapsulated drafting and reviewing legal documentation (such as prospectus materials and ancillary agreements/resolutions), corresponding with clients/counterparts, and addressing regulatory compliance matters• Drafted research memoranda that analyzed/interpreted numerous legislative provisions (corporate/tax) in support of legal opinions on discrete issues• Reviewed an array of commercial contracts/agreements for corporate/tax related issues (including, without limitation, bare trust agreements, stock option agreements, etc.)• Represented taxpayers in tax litigation matters by, for example, drafting notices of objection and appeals to respond to Canada Revenue Agency audits and assessments Show less

• Researched domestic and international points of law for judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) presiding over corporate/commercial proceedings• Prepared judicial materials that helped assess the merit of proffered written and oral arguments to substantiate renderings of law and renderings of fact

• Facilitated closing of numerous corporate transactions, which entailed conducting due diligence (i.e. reviewing an array of corporate/commercial contracts to identify material issues), arranging documents for signature, and preparing closing books/folders• Drafted research memoranda on corporate/commercial law issues spawning and marketing, intellectual property, tax, insolvency, labour and employment, and real estate